Manipulating nonlinear optical processes with accelerating light beams

  • Alon Bahabad*
  • , Margaret M. Murnane
  • , Henry C. Kapteyn
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We show theoretically that accelerating light beams can be used to manipulate nonlinear optical processes through spatiotemporal quasi-phase-matching, allowing for unprecedented temporal and spectral shaping of the generated light. As a proof of principle, we demonstrate exquisite control over the high-order harmonic frequency conversion process, showing efficient enhancement of an extremely broad range of harmonics emitted during a selected quarter-cycle of the driving laser pulse.

Original languageEnglish
Article number033819
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume84
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Sep 2011

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